MPI NF January Educational Luncheon

We look forward to welcoming you to our January Luncheon!

Regional Watch Parties will also be available.
If you would like to participate with a group of peers from your region, regional watch parties will be held in Gainesville, Daytona Beach, South Walton/Destin, & Panama City Beach!  If you are interested, register now and select your participating location.

Topic: Food Trends

Program Description
During the pandemic it seemed everyone was making their own sourdough starter and banana bread from scratch. Or maybe your pandemic food experience was all about deciding between Door Dash or Uber Eats. As meetings and events come back to life, how can you deliver an exciting food experience for your guests? What are the hot food trends for 2023 and beyond? This session will include over-arching food trends as well as individual food items to include in your menu planning.

Learning objectives include:

• Gain understanding of the current trends in the food service industry.
• Learn how to incorporate food items into your meeting menus to satisfy the most common dietary preferences and restrictions
• Identify what beverages are trending and what the future holds
• Learn what décor and design trends are leading the events industry

Speaker
Melissa Milione

Melissa Milione, CMP, CPCE, is Corporate Director of Events for Hyatt Hotels & Resorts. She supports all the colleagues who sell and coordinate catering and conference services for all of Hyatt’s full-service hotels in the Americas. In addition, she is responsible for developing and executing all training, delivering innovative technology to support events and developing talent for the hotels. She leads Hyatt’s Strategic Event Partner team.  A graduate of Virginia Tech’s Feiertag Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Melissa has over 30 years’ experience in the hospitality industry in all areas of F&B management, hotel sales and convention services.  As a Director of Catering her teams have twice been named Catering/CS team of the Year for Hyatt Hotels and she was named Director of Catering/CS of the Year for large hotels in 2008. She is actively involved in Hyatt’s Commercial Services Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.

Melissa is an active member of NACE and MPI. She is Past President of MPI North Florida and a trainer for the chapter’s CMP Study Group. Melissa has been recognized by MPI North Florida as Supplier of the Year twice (2012 and 2018) and received the distinguished Presidents Award (2011). Active in her community, Melissa volunteers in local schools and is Chairperson of the Professional Advisory Board for the Howard Feiertag Department of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Virginia Tech.

Pricing
Member: $40
Non-member: $65
Virtual Member: $25
Virtual Non-member: $35

Please note: Registration and payment will be required in advance.   
Day-of payments and walk-ins will not be accepted on-site.
A $10 late fee will be applied for any registrations received after January 6, 2023.

Main Event
10370 Philips Highway
Jacksonville, FL 32256

Main Event offers a unique "Eat.Bowl.Play" experience featuring
state-of-the-art bowling, laser tag, over 100 video games, stylish billiards, energetic bars and a high-quality restaurant. Every year, we throw thousands of parties for groups, corporate events, holiday and team-building. Whether it’s a group of 10 or an event for 1,000, we’ll make every event one for the history books. With handcrafted food, one-of-a-kind experiences, and real fun together, the party is always on at Main Event. #Eat.Bowl.Play.

 


 

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